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Images below are hyperlinked.....click mineral to enlarge To order a mineral give the mineral name and the number of the specimen(s) you wish to purchase. You will receive that exact specimen(s). Satisfaction is guaranteed. |
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Muscovite on Schist Specimen # 1451 Haile Mine, 3 1/2 miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina 10 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm $ 30 |
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Muscovite on Schist Specimen # 1451 Another view of glistening muscovite which looks like a thin layer of copper strands on the surface of the native white and gray schist rock. |
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Muscovite on Schist Specimen # 1452 Haile Mine, 3 1/2 miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina Glistening muscovite which looks like a very thin network of scattered copper colored strands on the surface of the native white and gray schist rock. 13 x 8 x 6.5 cm $ 15 |
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Muscovite on Schist Specimen # 1452 A closer view of this specimen; the muscovite here is composed of much finer strands that are further apart |
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Gold ore in matrix Specimen # 1453 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina Price determined by the amount of sulphides and/or metallic inclusions on the surface of the host rock; I have not had these specimens assayed; these were obtained from the previous mining and not the current mining operation 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm $ 50 |
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Gold ore in matrix Specimen # 1453 A closer view of this specimen where it is easy to see pyrites and/or gold scattered everywhere on/in this native quartz-sericite schist rock; there is not only gold in these rocks, but there is so much pyrite that at one time sulphuric acid was produced here |
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Gold ore in matrix Specimen # 1454 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina Massive sulfide deposits embedded in white to cream colored quartz-sericite shists; this is the dominate color of most shists at this location 18.5 x 9.5 x 6 cm $ 28 |
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Gold ore in matrix Specimen # 1454 Another view of this specimen. The pyrites and/or gold is mainly concentrated in small sulfide deposits on this rock. There is usually some gold colored inclusions on some every piece of material. |
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Gold ore in matrix Specimen # 1455 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina Massive sulfide deposits embedded in white to cream colored shists 14 x 9 x 5 cm $ 20 |
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Gold ore in matrix Specimen # 1455 Click on the specimen to see another close-up view of the pyrite/gold deposits on/in the schist. |
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